Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now mounted to a four-sided brass

mounted to a four-sided brass suspension with pinback

crazing on the obverse and chipping on the reverse evident in the white enamels on the arm at 10 o'clock

A textbook example of a Luftwaffe Air Gunner badge by this maker

and was awarded for 60 combat flights

Japan, Empire. A Rare Meiji Period Order Of The Rising Sun, Grand Cordon, By Hirata, In Case And Box, C.1890 Buy Now mounted to a four-sided brass(). Instituted April 10, 1875 by the Japanese Government. Meiji Period (1868 1912). An early Grand Cordon Set, comprising a sash badge, presenting a large silver gilt eight point star with smooth white enamelled rays with cleft ends, the center medallion presents a beautiful red glass cabochon, reverse mirrors the obverse, suspended from a green and purple enamelled imperial pawlonia flower, reverse of the green enamel leaf on suspension presents an